Twilit Eternal

I walk the path along the pond

And something in my heart responds

I look around at what’s in view

And every lap the sights renew-

The plants are plenty and the people few

Each stranger’s glance is just a clue

And as I walk I await the time

When the trees and faces will begin to shine

And as it comes I look around

As vision transcends it’s normal bounds

And everyone else looks lost and drowned

Nerves jangled by an unstruck sound

Of a higher conscience peering down

Light rays search for what’s not yet found-

A perfect portrait most profound

Lightness

Use the mind as an instrument

Is what the lesson said,

Remember that you’re more than living

And always less than dead.

Lightness also means not heavy

Like the properties of light,

The here and now is where you are

No matter how dark or bright.

Speak more or less or not at all,

Feel the quiet of sun swept mystery,

Embrace the pain and joy of life,

Love away the misery.

Disappear into a word so deep

You understand it to its core,

Then live in wordlessness a while

Or else what is living for?